Safety device for coupler pockets



June 7,1932. L, L, NEEBE 6 1,862,418

SAFETY DEVICE FOR COUPLER POCKETS Filed July 8, 1951 Patented June 7,1932' LAWRENCE L. NEEBE, OF WOODBURY, NEW JERSEY SAFETY DEVICE FORCOUPLER POCKE'IS Application filed July 8, 1931.

My invention relates to certain improvements in means for holding acoupler pocket to the bumper of a locomotive tender or car in case thebolts securing the pocket to the bumper should stretch or fail. Thisobject I attain in the following manner, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, in which:

F ig. 1 is a plan view of a bumper and the coupler pocket securedthereto;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

In the present instance, 1 is the bumper of a locomotive or tender. 2 isa coupler pocket having flanges 3 at each side which are secured to thebumper by bolts 4. These bolts extend through vertical slots 5 in thepocket 2, so that the pocket can be raised or lower ed to allow thecoupler pocket to be shifted in order to maintain the proper height ofthe pocket from the rails. 6 are plates welded to the underside of thebumper at X. These plates act to temporarily support the coupler pocketuntil repairs are made to the bolts, should the bolts stretch or fail.

In order to hold the pocket in the event of the stretching or failing ofthe bolts that secure the pocket to the bumper, lugs 7 are cast integralwith the bumper, and have inturned 0 ends 8 which overlap the flanges 3of the pocket. The bolts draw the flanges of the pocket firmly againstthe bumper, and the lugs are free of the pocket. as shown in Fig. 1,

but in the event of stretching or breaking of r the bolts the flanges ofthe pocket come in contact with the portions 8 of the lugs, which holdthe pocket until repairs are made. In the present instance these lugsare cut away at 9 to allow the free turning of the bolts 4. The lugsextend preferably the full depth of the flanges of the pocket so as toform a very substantial support for the pocket.

I claim 1. The combination of a bumper of a railway vehicle; a couplerpocket; bolts securing the coupler pocket to the bumper; and lugs castintegral with the bumper and extending over a portion of the pocket,acting as safety devices to retain the coupler in posi- Serial No.

tion in the event of the stretching or failing of the bolts.

2. The combination of a coupler pocket having lateral flanges;

bolts extending the bumper on each side of the coupler pocket,

said lugs having inwardly extending portions WlllCll overlap the flangesof the coupler pocket;

3. The combination of a bumper of a railway vehicle; a

coupler pocket having a flange at each side thereof, said flanges havingvertical slots therein; bolts extending through the slots and into thebumper, said bolts securing the pocket to the bumper; and extended lugscast integral with the bumper and located at each side of the pocket andhaving inwardly projecting ends overlapping the flanges of the bumper,said ends being recessed opposite the bolts to allow the bolts to befreely turned.

4. The combination of a bumper; a coupler head; bolts securing thecoupler head to the face of the bumper; lugs at each side of the couplerhead overlapping portions of the coupler head but clearing the couplerhead when the bolts are tightened; and plates welded to the underside ofthe bumper and extending under head.

the rear portion of the coupler 5. The combination of a bumper of arailway vehicle; a

coupling pocket secured to the bumper and lugs on the bumper extendingover portions of the pocket, acting as safety devices to retain thecoupler in position in the event of the failure of the securing devicesof the coupler.

LAWRENCE L. NEEBE.

